For Staff
...wanting to author e-learning materials
- Using the Course Materials Repository
- Using Online Coursework Submission
- Using the Plagiarism Detection Service
- Using Moodle
- Using WebCT
- Using Perception
- Using a Personal Response System
- SENDA
- Supporting Online Learning
- IPR and Copyright Guidance
- E-Learning Network (Mailing List)
- Training
- Learning and Teaching
WebCT
IMPORTANT:
- The University has adopted Moodle as its institutional Virtual Learning Environment as of September 2007.
- This will involve retiring WebCT and migrating current courses into Moodle.
- If you wish to use a VLE to create a web-based course, we strongly recommend that you use Moodle, rather than WebCT.
Accessing WebCT
All users of WebCT must have a valid WebCT ID and password.To access WebCT, go to: http://courses2.essex.ac.uk:8900
After logging in, you will see a personal portal (called "My WebCT") with a list of course(s) which you have access to. Just click on the title of a course to access the home page of that course.
The level of access to these courses depends on permissions that users have been given by the WebCT administrator. There are four types of users:
- WebCT administrator - who can create courses for teachers and issue user names and passwords.
- Course designers (teachers)- who can upload course materials and edit course content.
- Teaching assistants (TA) have a limited permissions than course designers.
- Students - who can access a course without being able to edit or change content of the course.
Support for WebCT
WebCT is supported by the Learning Technology Team (email: ltt, non-Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk). Please contact us if you wish to apply for a WebCT account, to request the set up of a course in WebCT (providing the name of the course, the course code, and the names of staff to be added), or to add students/users to your course.Please note:
- Course designers can give access to users who already have a WebCT ID (via the Control Panel > Manage students > Add students).
- Course designers can reset the password for their students who already have a WebCT ID (via the Control Panel > Manage students, then click on the name and reset the password).
Using WebCT
These guides are PDF files. You will need the free Adobe Reader to view them.- An introduction to WebCT (Note: this is a 31 page document)
- Setting up discussion forums
- Creating a syllabus
- Adding a chat tool
- Adding a calendar
- Creating a glossary
If you require assistance with any of the other functions in WebCT, please contact the Learning Technology Team.
WebCT problems
For any enquiries with regard to difficulties with WebCT, please provide the Learning Technology Team with the following information:- Course title and code
- Nature of the problem (e.g. access problems, forgotten login details, etc)
- Have you accessed WebCT before?
- Have you been issued with WebCT login details?
- Where are you trying to access WebCT from (on-campus or off-campus)?
- Who is the course tutor?
Accessibility
For advice about accessibility and online learning, please see the Accessibility pages. There are also useful guidelines from the Alert project: Accessibility in Learning Environments and Related Technologies (University of Durham, Bournemouth University): series of thematic guidelines (July 2005).
